Category Archives: Tutorial

Casting Now that the burnout is complete and the molds are sitting in the kiln at 900F, I am ready to vacuum cast. I fill the crucible with bronze. In this case I’ve salvaged silicon bronze from my last casting: these are sprews and sprew caps cut up and sand …

Lost wax or investment casting is an ancient method of making a metal object from an original form made of wax. It’s particularly useful for making complicated metal parts. Casting is a very time consuming process so if there is a way to make a metal fitting by fabricating it, …

I’ve had many requests to do a tutorial on handle carving, so I decided to document the carving of the grip on this long sword. It’s a long grip (11 1/2 “) so the process is a bit different than working on something shorter.First I will lay out the tools …

This is a tutorial I did in 2003. It was the first composite pattern welded sword I made and I can still remember the nervous excitement of planning the project. I received a grant from my local arts funding organization (Arts NB) to give me the time to make the …